The 1944 Hurricane, not World War II, proved to be the downfall of the great pipe organ at Boardwalk Hall. Water from the storm invaded the building and many of the pipes were waterlogged.

Curator of Organs Nathan Bryson looks over recently restored organ pipes at Boardwalk Hall, July 13, 2016, in Atlantic City. The World's Largest Pipe Organ is slowly being restored.

ATLANTIC CITY — The Historic Organ Restoration Committee is once again giving musicians the chance to play the world-famous pipe organ at Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall.

Boardwalk Hall 2301 Boardwalk Atlantic City (609) 348-7000 boardwalkhall.com * Free half-hour concerts and organ tours are offered weekdays at noon from May to October. * Free two-hour tours are ...

And now thanks to the Historic Organ Restoration Committee there will be free daily concerts on the Midmer-Losh Pipe Organ in the main hall, for the first time since 1944.

With a whopping 33,112 pipes, the Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ holds four Guinness World Records, two relating to its size and two to its ear-splitting volume. Listen to the glorious sound (above) ...

It’s no surprise that his enthusiasm for the organ gained the attention of Anna Lapwood, who secretly arranged with Nykoda’s mum to invite them along to her concert at Boardwalk Hall where she would ...